SPC 2025: Waseem Khatri [CSW1-08]

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On this page, you will find information about Waseem Khatri, who is competing at the 2025 Scrabble Players Championship. This page was updated at least hourly between 09:00 A.M. and midnight local time. This player currently has a record of 18-13, +1228, and is ranked #7 in Division CSW1.

Lower on this page, you can find brief self-reported biographical details of the player, statistics on the player’s past several years of rated tournament play in North America, a graphic showing the player’s ups and downs at this tournament, and a round-by-round report on the player’s opponents and games.

Background Information
	Given name(s): Waseem Surname(s): Khatri Home: Karachi, Sindh, Pakistan

Round by Round
High score: 598 Average for: 458 Average against: 418
Round 1		Khatri played #32 James Porter (Mazeppa, MN) and won 497 to 335 (a spread of 162). Current ranking: #2. Current record: 1-0, +162.
Round 2		Khatri played #22 Eric Kinderman (Burlington, VT) and won 454 to 420 (a spread of 34). Current ranking: #6. Current record: 2-0, +196.
Round 3		Khatri played #11 Samson Okosagah (Baltimore, MD) and lost 388 to 510 (a spread of -122). Current ranking: #12. Current record: 2-1, +74.
Round 4		Khatri played #10 Rasheed Olajide Balogun (Dallas, TX) and lost 418 to 458 (a spread of -40). Current ranking: #14. Current record: 2-2, +34.
Round 5		Khatri played #9 Olawale Fashina (Baltimore, MD) and won 432 to 420 (a spread of 12). Current ranking: #12. Current record: 3-2, +46.
Round 6		Khatri played #21 Robert Linn (Potomac, MD) and won 500 to 370 (a spread of 130). Current ranking: #6. Current record: 4-2, +176.
Round 7		Khatri played #13 Bradley Whitmarsh (Attleboro, MA) and won 505 to 368 (a spread of 137). Current ranking: #5. Current record: 5-2, +313.
Round 8		Khatri played #19 Tim Weiss (Lewes, DE) and won 431 to 373 (a spread of 58). Current ranking: #3. Current record: 6-2, +371.
Round 9		Khatri played #2 Alec Sjoholm (Lynnwood, WA) and lost 395 to 427 (a spread of -32). Current ranking: #5. Current record: 6-3, +339.
Round 10		Khatri played #5 Dennis Ikekeregor (Nigeria) and lost 397 to 511 (a spread of -114). Current ranking: #8. Current record: 6-4, +225.
Round 11		Khatri played #15 David Whitley (Monrovia, CA) and lost 381 to 476 (a spread of -95). Current ranking: #12. Current record: 6-5, +130.
Round 12		Khatri played #24 Mina Le (Stamford, CT) and won 598 to 364 (a spread of 234). Current ranking: #9. Current record: 7-5, +364.
Round 13		Khatri played #17 Winter (Houston, TX) and won 558 to 349 (a spread of 209). Current ranking: #6. Current record: 8-5, +573.
Round 14		Khatri played #4 Ben Schoenbrun (Somerville, NJ) and lost 369 to 488 (a spread of -119). Current ranking: #7. Current record: 8-6, +454.
Round 15		Khatri played #3 Austin Shin (Metairie, LA) and lost 449 to 458 (a spread of -9). Current ranking: #10. Current record: 8-7, +445.
Round 16		Khatri played #27 Mpakaboari Jack (Nigeria) and won 503 to 366 (a spread of 137). Current ranking: #8. Current record: 9-7, +582.
Round 17		Khatri played #10 Rasheed Olajide Balogun (Dallas, TX) again and won 498 to 350 (a spread of 148). Current ranking: #7. Current record: 10-7, +730.
Round 18		Khatri played #7 Jason Keller (Princeton, NJ) and won 511 to 464 (a spread of 47). Current ranking: #6. Current record: 11-7, +777.
Round 19		Khatri played #2 Alec Sjoholm (Lynnwood, WA) again and won 472 to 384 (a spread of 88). Current ranking: #5. Current record: 12-7, +865.
Round 20		Khatri played #3 Austin Shin (Metairie, LA) again and lost 393 to 405 (a spread of -12). Current ranking: #6. Current record: 12-8, +853.
Round 21		Khatri played #5 Dennis Ikekeregor (Nigeria) again and lost 446 to 450 (a spread of -4). Current ranking: #7. Current record: 12-9, +849.
Round 22		Khatri played #11 Samson Okosagah (Baltimore, MD) again and lost 427 to 448 (a spread of -21). Current ranking: #9. Current record: 12-10, +828.
Round 23		Khatri played #4 Ben Schoenbrun (Somerville, NJ) again and lost 494 to 496 (a spread of -2). Current ranking: #10. Current record: 12-11, +826.
Round 24		Khatri played #14 Stefan Rau (Troy, NY) and won 401 to 368 (a spread of 33). Current ranking: #8. Current record: 13-11, +859.
Round 25		Khatri played #6 Sam Rosin (Washington, DC) and won 516 to 408 (a spread of 108). Current ranking: #6. Current record: 14-11, +967.
Round 26		Khatri played #12 Joel Wapnick (Albuquerque, NM) and lost 408 to 418 (a spread of -10). Current ranking: #8. Current record: 14-12, +957.
Round 27		Khatri played #4 Ben Schoenbrun (Somerville, NJ) for the third time and lost 316 to 486 (a spread of -170). Current ranking: #11. Current record: 14-13, +787.
Round 28		Khatri played #17 Winter (Houston, TX) again and won 512 to 394 (a spread of 118). Current ranking: #9. Current record: 15-13, +905.
Round 29		Khatri played #12 Joel Wapnick (Albuquerque, NM) again and won 458 to 386 (a spread of 72). Current ranking: #7. Current record: 16-13, +977.
Round 30		Khatri played #7 Jason Keller (Princeton, NJ) again and won 561 to 355 (a spread of 206). Current ranking: #7. Current record: 17-13, +1183.
Round 31		Khatri played #12 Joel Wapnick (Albuquerque, NM) for the third time and won 505 to 460 (a spread of 45). Current ranking: #7. Current record: 18-13, +1228.

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